ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.) 141 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلا٠ُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: عَلَيْكُ٠ْ بِالزَّيتِ فَكُلهُ وَادَّهِن بِهِ، فَإِنَّ ٠َن أَكَلَهُ وَادَّهَنَ بِهِ لَ٠ْ يَقرَبهُ الشَّيْطانُ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْ٠31-141 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) narrated that God’s Prophet (S) said, “I advise you to take olive oil and rub it on your hair.

Satan will not approach anyone who eats olive oil or wipes it on his hair for forty days.”